Inspiration. Was a friend to everyone. Working with her every day for the last years of her life was the one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. Sound, shes this may would have loved this event. She would not have a loved all the attention but she would have loved working the room, giving hugs, shouting hellos and extracting commitments. You know it is true. [laughter] she would have loved the lineup of speakers and never admitted it, who would have loved the fact that her light life could bring together such an audience to explore civility in politics. Nothing but the wellbeing of worried her more than the deep divide plaguing america. Solutiond to find a and live to see it fixed. I am humbled to continue her work at the institute and honored to invite arnold schwarzenegger, david axelrod, Steve Schmidt and carla to lead us in the discussion on bridging americas political divide. Ladies and gentlemen join me in welcoming these four giants of american politics. [applause] whi
He assisted in the investigation of the World Trade Center attacks. Trained and advised numerous agency personnel, and countering extremist ideology including the department of defense, the department of homeland security. If we are given any trouble on the stage, you are in charge. Next is vince holton, the hilton the curator of the , International Spy museum. He has a phd from the university of maryland. [applause] his Research Centered on u. S. Scientific and technological intelligence in the Second World War and early cold war. Then we have jack bryan. He is an awardwinning filmmaker based in new york. While still in college, he did his first documentary with anthony bourdain. It chronicles the life and death notorious most notorious bar. Explores thelm interconnected rise of donald trump and Vladimir Putin and features interviews with Hillary Clinton, and senator mccain. It made its word world World Premiere in 2018. [applause] Virginia Heffernan writes a weekly Opinion Column for
guy we talk about every day. it tell like a parting gift from aretha franklin, possibly the best hour i ve had in two years is because she passed away and we got to talk about her for an hour. and the memorial service today i ve been dancing and shaking and shimmying. it needs to be preserved for all-time in terms of that cultural moment for that memorial. it was an incredible thing. thanks my friend. see you next week. all right. i m in for lawrence o donnell. the president of the united states loves to talk about breaking records. but he will not be bragging about the record that he broke today. president trump s disapproval is now the highest it has ever been in the washington post /abc news poll. for the first time 60% of americans disapprove of the job that donald trump is doing as president and more than half of americans, 53%, strongly disapprove of the job donald trump is doing. meanwhile, less than a quarter strongly approve of the president. it was just y